Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga: Hitoshi Ariga

Jason Thompson: "Let's face it: original manga are generally better than adaptations. It's the same in any medium: no matter how much you liked the Harry Potter movies, you're missing something if you haven't read the books. And while it's possible to like Durararara!! or Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos based on the anime and manga adaptations, I know I'm a poser compared to almost any Japanese fan because I haven't read the original light novels. But obviously not all adaptations are bad; I mean, heck, I've drawn adaptations of books myself. Occasionally an artist draws an adaptation so well, with such obvious passion, they make something so good it stands on its own without any knowledge of the original source material. One artist is Masahiko Nakahira. Another is Hitoshi Ariga, who draws the world's best Mega Man manga."